2008 Woodie Awards
Student groups go 'Wild'
Maggie Cassidy
Issue date: 9/10/07 Section: The Inside
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The Center for University Programs (CUP), Resident Student Association, Student Government Association, the Northeastern Chapter of the Music and Entertainment Industry Association (MEISA) and eight other student groups co-sponsored the event.
"The event is basically a coming together of student groups and student affiliates and a presentation to the freshmen and the rest of the students about what Northeastern is like," said Garrett Marques, event coordinator and CUP vice president of collaboration.
Last year, the event was spearheaded by the Latin American Student Organization (LASO), of which Marques is also a member, and was awarded program of the year. The success encouraged Marques to continue the event through CUP.
"It was sort of an incentive to do it again this year," he said. "We had a lot of attendance and it was a lot of fun to put it up."
He said, although the five-hour event is geared toward freshmen, it typically attracts a fair number of upperclassmen as well - something Marques calls a "welcome surprise." He said he thinks the wide array of students reflected the sense of community Huskies Gone Wild promotes.
"It's an entertaining thing to do and it's also a big campus-wide thing to do," he said.
Krissy Laux, MEISA vice president, organized the musical acts that appeared at the event, which included various bands and three dance groups. The show also featured performances from NUSTAND and Intervarsity, while a Northeastern alum, DJ Shine, spun tracks throughout the night.
"We wanted to represent Northeastern acts," Laux said. "Basically for Huskies Gone Wild, we wanted it to be a celebration of the beginning of the school year, school spirit for everyone, just bring everyone together. So the entertainment, we really wanted it to be Northeastern affiliated. We're keeping it all in the family."
Members of groups invited to play at the celebration said they appreciated the opportunity to perform for their peers.
"It's pretty sweet playing in front of everybody from the college. We usually are playing shows around here - we play clubs and other venues," said The North Lot bassist George Fitopoulos, a middler journalism major. "It's a great chance to make fans around here [who] will actually come see us when we play again."
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